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In 1927 she graduated from the Mordvinovski agricultural school, having
specialized in agricultural techniques. She had dreamed of becoming an
agronomist, working with crops, but in 1926 the school changed its
specialty to animal husbandry. After graduating, Mama worked at various
livestock farms as a laboratory assistant for milk and milk product
analysis: in Peterhof, Pella, Starodub, and at the Leningrad milk testing
station. This work didn't make her happy, but finding work as an agronomist
with her zoo-technology degree was not possible in Leningrad.
In 1929 she began working as an assistant to the agronomist of the Kustov
collective farms of the Starodub Regio. There, she also served the Jewish
farm community. Then she left to work as the agronomist for the Kustobedini
Collective Farm in the Serpuhovski Region. Here she endured the "Cleansing
of the Soviet System" in December, 1929, and remained at her post without
reprimand.
specialized in agricultural techniques. She had dreamed of becoming an
agronomist, working with crops, but in 1926 the school changed its
specialty to animal husbandry. After graduating, Mama worked at various
livestock farms as a laboratory assistant for milk and milk product
analysis: in Peterhof, Pella, Starodub, and at the Leningrad milk testing
station. This work didn't make her happy, but finding work as an agronomist
with her zoo-technology degree was not possible in Leningrad.
In 1929 she began working as an assistant to the agronomist of the Kustov
collective farms of the Starodub Regio. There, she also served the Jewish
farm community. Then she left to work as the agronomist for the Kustobedini
Collective Farm in the Serpuhovski Region. Here she endured the "Cleansing
of the Soviet System" in December, 1929, and remained at her post without
reprimand.
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Location
Russia
Interview
Alexander Paskov